Ernst Busch

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German military officer Wehrmacht field marshal human

Ernst Busch was a German field marshal of the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded Army Group Centre on the Eastern Front.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German military officer → Wehrmacht field marshal → human →
allegiance	German Empire → Nazi Germany →
capturedIn	1945 →
causeOfDeath	heart failure →
commanded	16th Army → Army Group Centre → Army Group North → VIII Army Corps →
conflict	Eastern Front (World War II) → World War I → World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	German Empire → Germany →
dateOfBirth	1885-07-06 →
dateOfDeath	1945-07-17 →
familyName	Busch →
givenName	Ernst →
memberOf	Prussian Army → Reichswehr →
militaryBranch	German Army → Wehrmacht →
militaryRank	Generalfeldmarschall → field marshal →
name	Ernst Busch →
notableFor	command of Army Group Centre on the Eastern Front during World War II →
occupation	military officer →
participatedIn	Battle of France → Invasion of Poland → Operation Bagration → Operation Barbarossa →
placeOfBirth	Barmen → Wuppertal →
placeOfDeath	Aldershot → United Kingdom →
promotedToFieldMarshalOn	1943-02-01 →
receivedAward	Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class → Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class → German Cross in Gold → Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class → Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class → Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross → Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves → Pour le Mérite →
serviceEnd	1945 →
serviceStart	1904 →
wasPrisonerOfWarOf	United Kingdom →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Army Group Centre →	commander
16th Army (Wehrmacht) →	notableCommander
Operation Bagration →	opposingCommander